Edge-protector for dress-skirts



No. 610,730.- Paitented Sept. I3, I898.

' A. M. WEBER.

EDGE PROTECTOR FOR DRESS SKIRTS.-

(Application filed Oct. 6, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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EDGE PROTECTOR FOR DRESS-SKIRTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,780, dated September 13, 1898.

Application filed October 6, 1897. Serial No. 654,216- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON M. WVEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Facing- Strip and Edge-Protector for DressSkirts; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a compound waterproof facing strip and edge protector for dress-skirts, and is in the nature of an improvement upon the article shown in my Patent No. 562,943, dated June 30, 1896.

The object of the present invention is to increase the wearing qualities of the product forming the subject-matter of the patent above referred to; and it consists in the matters hereinafter described, and referred to in the appended claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the binding secured to the facing-strip by'a row of zigzag stitches. Fig. 3 represents a cross-section of a binding made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 4 is a cross-section illustrating the manner in which the combined dress-facing and edge-protector is secured to the dressskirt; and Fig. 5 is a cross-section of a binder with the hem turned in, being slightlydifferent in form from that shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawings, A represents a bias-cut strip of Velvet or other suitable cloth, and B the lining therefor, the two being waterproofed together to form the binding. D indicates a bias -cut strip of ordinary dress goods, to which is waterproofed a lining E, thus forming the facing thereof.

In Fig. 1, a represents a line of plain stitching, and in Fig. 2 Z; a line of zigzag stitching, the latter forming a finish and at the same time a slight ridge to protect the dress goods of the facing-strip.

As shown in Figs. 3, 4c, and 5, the lower edge of the facing-strip lies within the folded binding and extends down to a point near the bottom of the fold of the binding, while a cord 0 is arranged between the lower edge of the facing-strip and the fold of the binding. The parts are secured together in the manner shown in Fig. 4-that is to say, the prepared strip is laid in reverse position on the dress, secured with the waterproofed side of said strip next to the outside of the skirt, the lower edge of the skirt (represented at 28) extending slightly beyond the binding, as shown by full lines in Fig. 4. The facingstrip is then secured to the dress-skirt by a line of stitching passing through the binding, the facing, and the dressskirt on or about on the line of stitches which secure the binding to the facing-strip. The facing-strip is then turned backward on the inner side of the dress-skirt, as shown by dotted lines in Fig.

4, and secured to the dress-lining in any suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- p A combined dress-facing and edge-protector comprising a facing-strip of bias-cut waterproof cloth having along its lower edge a longitudinally folded bias cut waterproof binding, the lower edge of the facing-strip being within the folded binding and extending down to a point near the bottom of the fold of the binding, and a cord arranged be- 

